Serious B4228 crash in the Forest of Dean on 15 November 2023 at 16:30 involving a Honda NC750 motorcycle
A Honda NC750 motorcycle and a Kia Sorento were involved in a crash on the B4228 in the Forest of Dean at 16:30 on Wednesday 15 November 2023. The 89-year-old male rider of the Honda NC750 motorcycle was seriously injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 15 Nov 2023
- Wednesday, 16:30
- Vehicles
- 2
- Honda NC750 and Kia Sorento
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.79228, longitude -2.61424, in the GL16 postcode district and within the built-up area of Coleford. It is one of the crashes that make up the Coleford, Forest of Dean, GL16 8SH area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in the Forest of Dean
Use the arrow keys to move the map and the plus and minus keys to zoom.
- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2023531375031
- Council area
- Forest of Dean
- Police force
- Gloucestershire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Gloucestershire
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 4228
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- T or staggered junction
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- Unclassified
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Central refuge, no other controls
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
Enhanced collision data
- Serious injury band
- Less serious
- How severity was recorded
- From injuries recorded by police (CRASH system)
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 100%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 0%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 7 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 24 August 1996.
Slight
Datsun Cherry crash on an unclassified road in the Forest of Dean, 24 August 1996
7 m awayRef 1996530BI1686
Slight
Yamaha crash on the B4228 in the Forest of Dean, 12 April 1998
7 m awayRef 1998530BI0692
Slight
Ford Transit Connect crash on the B4228 in the Forest of Dean, 15 November 2016
9 m awayRef 2016530128668
Slight
Vauxhall Cavalier crash on an unclassified road in the Forest of Dean, 19 July 1991
19 m awayRef 1991530BI0626
Slight
Volkswagen Transporter crash on the B4428 in the Forest of Dean, 15 February 2021
31 m awayRef 2021531021725
Slight
Mini Cooper crash on the B4228 in the Forest of Dean, 21 November 2025
32 m awayRef 2025531680965
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Honda NC750
Motorcycle over 500cc
- Manoeuvre
- Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 89 years
- Engine capacity
- 745 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 0 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Kia Sorento
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 55 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,199 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SeriousMale, aged 89, motorcyclist (over 500cc), on vehicle 1 (Honda NC750)
- Serious injury band
- Less serious
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
Data source
This record comes from the Department for Transport’s road safety data (STATS19), in which police forces in Great Britain record every road crash reported to them where someone was injured. It is reference 2023531375031 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Forest of Dean road accident statistics for 2023.